Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.

I suppose I'll be able to get a drink there... I told the stewardess liquor for three... Who are the other two?...Oh, there are no other two

Sometimes a woman just needs to be slapped.

But as a Scot with a lifelong love of Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good to miss. Simply put there is no more creative an act than creating a new nation.

I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.

I still pay full tax when I work in England and the same when I work in America.

More than anything else, I'd like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso.